The Five Minute Ethics Exercise Objective: You will ·Practice making ethical decisions ·Increase Ethical awareness ·Increase Sensitivity to Alternative Points of View. ·Enhance Writing Skills ·Improve Critical Thinking Skills
Guidelines: 1st You have two minutes to read the article provided
2nd Five minutes to generate a response
3rd Whole group summary
August 19, 2009, Wednesday ·Write a response and post it in the discussion “height" posting
From the New York Times:
“I am a graduate student and hire undergraduate field assistants for our research on waterfowl.We only accept people over FIVE feet FIVE, since the work involves walking in waders in deep water.If a person is too short, water can get in over the waders – uncomfortable and dangerous.We could accommodate shorter students by letting them work in wet suits, but it would slow down their data collection.Is height a legitimate job criterion?” (Cohen, 2008)
August 31, 2009. Monday
High-performance workers exhibit perseverance and excellence in their job duties. Working well and showing a high level of concentration on any task indicated you can assume individual responsibility for your work.
On the Job –
As an accounting clerk for Prints-in-a-Minute, you prepare the financial statements for the owner, Joe Tirado. As you are preparing for the end of the year meeting you locate a error in the financial reports. After much research you find where a deposit was entered into the wrong account, in August. What do you do?
Mr. Tirado relies on you for accuracy. Write a memo to him explaining what has occurred and your plan for correcting the problem.
Using Microsoft Word create a memo to your boss that describes the error.
Objective: You will
· Practice making ethical decisions
· Increase Ethical awareness
· Increase Sensitivity to Alternative Points of View.
· Enhance Writing Skills
· Improve Critical Thinking Skills
Guidelines:
1st You have two minutes to read the article provided
2nd Five minutes to generate a response
3rd Whole group summary
August 19, 2009, Wednesday
· Write a response and post it in the discussion “height" posting
From the New York Times:
“I am a graduate student and hire undergraduate field assistants for our research on waterfowl. We only accept people over FIVE feet FIVE, since the work involves walking in waders in deep water. If a person is too short, water can get in over the waders – uncomfortable and dangerous. We could accommodate shorter students by letting them work in wet suits, but it would slow down their data collection. Is height a legitimate job criterion?” (Cohen, 2008)
August 31, 2009. Monday
High-performance workers exhibit perseverance and excellence in their job duties. Working well and showing a high level of concentration on any task indicated you can assume individual responsibility for your work.
On the Job –
As an accounting clerk for Prints-in-a-Minute, you prepare the financial statements for the owner, Joe Tirado. As you are preparing for the end of the year meeting you locate a error in the financial reports. After much research you find where a deposit was entered into the wrong account, in August. What do you do?
Mr. Tirado relies on you for accuracy. Write a memo to him explaining what has occurred and your plan for correcting the problem.
Using Microsoft Word create a memo to your boss that describes the error.
Real-world application and connections, Chapter 2, page 45 – Glencoe Accounting